May 26, 2004
teensy
found on Common Craft
Dude, these are some teensy icons. Some have lost coherence and have become smooshy mud, some have visual coherence, but are not communicating meaning. In fact, I'd say only community and 'me' have a fairly decent 1:1 between image and meaning.
For example: lightbulb is a standard representation for "ideas" yet here it represents "Technology in Plain English." "Related Miscellany" is represented by what looks like a tiny flowchart? Uncertain what the weblog symbol is: I'm guessing a printer or a plate of cheese. I'm hoping for cheese, as I do not think there are enough cheeselogs out there.
Sorry if this is a bit snippy, but this is a case where icons add nothing but noise, IMO.
(p.s. sorry for the lack of activity, i'm spending buckets of time in Drupal. also may explain usability snippiness. Drupal: powerful but befuddling. oh, but so powerful.)